This holiday season, have some spirited fun during the Grinch Made Me Do It Saloon Crawl in Virginia City. Bring your group of merry elves to enjoy festive holiday drink samples at participating saloons and restaurants throughout this Hallmark-perfect Christmas town. The saloon crawl starts at 11 a.m., with check-in starting at 10 a.m. Drinks are served until 4 p.m.

Advance tickets are $25 online, or $35 day-of, which includes a specialty drink or food sample at more than 12 participating stops in town. Designated drivers and those looking to stay sober can be “Rudolph” for $10 in advance, $15 day-of, which gets them free non-alcoholic beverages, sweet treat samples and the chance to win a $50 gas card.

Purchase online in advance and automatically be entered to win great Virginia City prizes! Drawing will be held after the crawl and winners will be notified via email. Need not be present to win.

Stay after the crawl for the Parade of Lights down C Street at 5 p.m. and a Magical Christmas Fireworks Show at 6 p.m.

Make a weekend of it! Plan ahead and book a room in town before lodging options sell out.

**ALL VCTC EVENTS ARE RAIN OR SHINE AND NON-REFUNDABLE**

Embark on the ultimate outdoor “escape room” at Cemetery Gin’s Hunt for Spirits. As one of America’s spookiest towns, Virginia City is the perfect destination for this tasty scavenger hunt. Costume up and use your knowledge of the town to solve clues, unscramble a secret message, and enjoy spirited samples along the way. If you make it to the end and solve the riddle, spin for fun Virginia City prizes. Be sure to stop by the Cemetery Gin tasting locations around town, each featuring delicious Cemetery Gin mixed drink samples, and vote for your favorite concoction.

Tickets are $35 in advance and include a map with clues to 20 locations throughout town, 12 of them serving up delicious samples with alcohol or sweet treats. For those wanting to solve the clues only, tickets are $25 and do not include samples.

Since we know you’ll want to take some home, bottles of Cemetery Gin are available for purchase at the Visitors Center, 86 S. C Street, or at locations throughout northern Nevada.

This is a 21+ event.

**ALL VCTC EVENTS ARE RAIN OR SHINE AND NON-REFUNDABLE**

You’ve never felt more patriotic than visiting Virginia City on the Fourth of July. This historic town’s Independence Day celebration is pure Americana with a jovial atmosphere all day and night. The streets are decked in red, white and blue. The parade is full of candy-throwing, classic cars and car clubs, first responders, military and veteran organizations and more. A free concert takes place before the fireworks with David John & the Comstock Cowboys. When it comes to the main show, you’re guaranteed to feel the boom of the fireworks in your bones as they shoot into the night sky over towering above the small mountain town.

The Ball Breaker Saloon Crawl returns as part of the most outlandish St. Patrick’s Day celebration west of the Mississippi – the Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry and the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Sample tasty drinks and sweet treats from local merchants.

Cost is $25 in advance and $35 day of.

We’re taking the phrase, “have a ball” to a new level with the 31st annual Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry. This St. Patrick’s Day celebration unites daring revelers for a wild and outlandish festival featuring tasty testes, a Ball Breaker Saloon Crawl, St. Patrick’s Day Parade, costume contests and more.

Cooks compete for bragging rights by preparing their most innovative and, sometimes, outlandish recipes featuring oysters of the land variety. You might forget what you’re really eating – seriously it’s that good. Purchase a sampler and select from grilled, smoked, fried or even oysters in a taco.

Join the Ball Breaker Saloon Crawl, touring our historic saloons and more with tasty libations and samples. Not to mention, it’s a great way to wash down those oysters!

This full-on Irish testicle festival is the place to be for St. Patrick’s Day, making it one of the largest celebrations in Nevada and the most outlandish atmosphere found west of the Mississippi. Join in the fun for the 2022 Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry.